Pickwick

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227692
MRDS ID M060165
MAS/MILS ID 0530070315
Record type Site
Current site name Pickwick
Alternate or previous names Fortune Creek Copper Mine, King Solomon, Nelson, Van Epps Copper
Related records 10042397

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.97618, 47.49792 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stuart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 N 015 E 09 SESWNE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES WORKINGS IN SECS. 15 AND 16. PARTIALLY IN ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS. SEE ALSO VAN EPPS (0530070579).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.97618, 47.49792

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    THURBER & OTHERS, 1989, ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE ALPINE

  • Deposit

    LAKES STUDY AREA AND ADDITIONS, WASH.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 1542-E, P. 169-171.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-97 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.